GRE Word List
PENDULOUS
poised without visible support
The meaning of the word pendulous is poised without visible support.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |
| equivocal | subject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse |
| wage | a payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis |
| antithesis | the direct opposite |
| wastrel | vagabond |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| ponderous | of very great weight |
| gust | the sensation of taste |
| cadence | the beat, time, or measure of rhythmical motion or activity |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |